One week to go
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11 days...

Trumpington St, Cambridge.

Matt's marathon in memory of Mum & Dad Help Matt Farr raise money to support Macmillan Caring Locally

In one month I’ll be running the London Marathon (my first ever marathon) in memory of my parents, raising money for Macmillian Caring Locally.
@londonmarathon.bsky.social @justgiving.bsky.social

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It’s close.

Well, that was fun.

I’ll be honest. I was hoping the Half Marathon would be a break from the day job.

Plant pot in foreground, main courtyard of Wolfson College, Cambridge, background. Slightly cold, cloudy morning.

Morning at Wolfson College.

Today @ CamPoS: Dr Milena Ivanova (Cambridge) is presenting 'AI revolution! At whose cost? Towards environmental AI ethics'. Full details here: www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...

Laws of Nature and Chances: What Breathes Fire into the Equations This book’s subtitle is based on a question the physicist Stephen Hawking once asked: “What breathes fire into the equations…?”...

Craig Callender, the unreformable Humean, reviews Loewer’s book with lots of cooking and home improvement metaphors. Both delightful and informative #philsci #philsky

All action at Great St Mary’s today. #TodayInCambridge

Fun day talking (and listening) about time at the @iop.org ⏳

Off to talk about Time at this exciting event at the Institute of Physics tomorrow. @iop.org
iop.eventsair.com/rems-feb2026/

Course: The Principle of Indifference
Background knowledge: None required

Today’s running route turned out to be easier for the swans. 🤿

Today’s fun…

Getting to the stage of marathon training where my watch casually suggests a gentle 24-hour run before work.

Some colour on St Mary’s Street.

More happy with the positioning within the age category than the age category itself, but you can’t have everything. 🏃⌛️ #parkrun #relentlessunfathomablecruelunforgivingpassageoftime

Matt's marathon in memory of Mum (for Macmillan) Help Matt Farr raise money to support Macmillan Caring Locally

In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...

It is the same charity that also supported my dad's hospice care when he also died from cancer in 2014. I'm hoping to give something back. Any donation is hugely appreciated.

Matt's marathon in memory of Mum (for Macmillan) Help Matt Farr raise money to support Macmillan Caring Locally

In 100 days I'll be running my first marathon - the London Marathon - in memory of my mum, who we lost a few months ago to cancer. I'm fundraising for Macmillan Caring Locally, the charity that supported her hospice care and those with similar terminal illnesses. www.justgiving.com/page/matt-fa...

Cyclist passing by Peterhouse, Cambridge, towards the rising sun against the blue sky on a visibly frosty morning.

Chilly morning in Cambridge.

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‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove? Piet Mondrian found fame, fortune and glory with his grid-like paintings lit with basic colours. But did many of his ideas come from Marlow Moss? Our writer celebrates an extraordinary British talent who died in obscurity

‘Her time has come’: did Mondrian owe his success to a cross-dressing lesbian artist who lived in a Cornish cove?

Fewer

A resolution I actually managed to keep.

Year 4: More improvement!

• distance up from 1384km (2024) to 1673km (2025)
• New PBs at each distance
- 5k: 21:28 ➡️ 20:44
- 10k: 45:12 ➡️ 43:20
- HM: 1:45:49 ➡️ 1:42:29

2026 aims: first marathon, keep getting a bit faster.

Was recently astonished to discover that a movie I watched didn’t feature Joaquin Phoenix, only to discover the existence of Michael Stuhlbarg.

I used to wonder that, then realised the conspiracy is that a lot of actors have doppelgängers who are also actors.

Birthday boy 🎁